GVSU Big meet

Grand Valley's Big Meet

I have been out of town since the day after this meet so I was not able to type up an update. I raced at this meet strictly as a tune up and mental preparation for my race in Germany the following weekend. One of the biggest things I was working on was mental focus. In the past, and even this year, I have had an issue with getting a good prelim round of racing. This meet would be as close to the type of competition I would see in Germany as I could have asked for. In order for me to make finals here, and Germany, I would have to race my best time.

In the prelims I was able to do this. I ran a career best time of 8.19, finally getting to the 8.1 region. Unfortunatly at ths start of the finals I tried to get a good start but had to roll back just slightly because of the long set command, and when I rolled back the gun when, giving the entire field an advantage over me. I was still able to run 8.25 and place 7th.

After this meet I was comfortable with where I was at, and knew what I had to do to make finals in Germany. It would take me running a career best, roughly 2 tenths faster in at the Championships to make the finals.

I formulated a plan with my coach, who would not be able to make it to Germany with me, and pack up to head out of the country for my First National Championship of any kind in my career!